It's closed to fishing, but that doesn't prevent "Fantasy Fishing," in which you go float it and pretend you are on a side braid in some storied Alaskan river . . . indeed, the last time I floated such pretty water was last September on the Kanektok.
What makes the Alaska fantasy possible (despite the Butte scenery and wildflower breeze) is the fish -- every deep pool was FILLED with salmon. It's good for your California soul just to see it. And if you didn't focus too hard, you could pretend that all the squawfish behind them were dollies and rainbows.
At 270 cfs it was doable in my inflatable kayak, though several tight spots between sweepers and shallows required you to really pay attention to your maneuvers. Look forward to trying it again at higher flows.
Incidentally, this float was planned as a way to fill up the day while waiting for the shad to wake up and bite again in Glenn. You can only stretch the Willows public library so far.
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